Hello there, 👋
How will the second half of the year play out?
Last week, during Lagos Startup Week, one critical conversation was about the next steps for startups in a turbulent year of funding, which is why we are bringing in experts who will go live to explain how to get ready for Venture Funding.
In this edition, here’s what I’ve got for you today:
Building Investor Confidence: A Guide to Getting Finance and Investor Ready
Resources
Job openings
Opportunites
GETTING YOUR STARTUP FINANCIALLY AND INVESTMENT READY
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ICANBOI will host Temitope Ekundayo, Co-founder and Head of Growth at GetEquity, and Joshua Ogbimi, CEO of Beckley and Ex-General Manager HRM at Total Energies.
The focus will be on a step-by-step, practical, and expert guide to preparing your startup for investment.
Theme: Â Building Investor Confidence: A Guide to Getting Finance and Investor Ready
Date: July 21, 2023
Time: 4 pm
Venue: Zoom
INTERESTING READ?
How ICANBOI Innovation Hub is Creating Collaboration and Investment for Entrepreneurs
Startup Ideation 101: Finding and Evaluating the Next Big Idea By Y Combinator
JOB OPENINGS
Software Developer at ARM: Apply Here
Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer at Talentplus: Apply Here
If you are a software engineer, creative designer, product manager, design researcher, or techie looking for an internship role, please check out this website
ARE YOU AN INNOVATOR?
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Microtraction is deploying! Investing $100k at pre-seed into Africa’s most remarkable teams. Drop off your pitch deck via the application link. They look for:
Clear target customer
2-3 co-founding teams
Validated market demand
MVP built
Capital efficient with a clear revenue model
The product solves a clear problem
AWS Startup Loft Accelerator
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The AWS Startup Loft Accelerator is an equity-free program focused on supporting early-stage startups in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa with technology, product development, go-to-market advice, and getting you funding ready.
develoPPP Ventures 2023
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Flapmax is looking for African startup leaders to apply for the second edition of its FAST Accelerator program.
FAST is an initiative of Flapmax in partnership with Microsoft. The program combines business development, technology integration, funding, and community-building opportunities to enable African startups to scale more rapidly and sustainably.
PARTNER CONTENT
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